Posted on 04/09/2018 2:24:28 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Showtime’s Billions, a show that traditionally shied away from getting too political, has tossed its hat into the ring and joined the tirade of TV shows attacking the Trump administration.
The third season premiere introduced Trump-appointed attorney general Waylon Jeffcoat (Clancy Brown), an evil, redneck Jeff Sessions parody who demanded that U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) refrain from prosecuting cases against Wall Street. In Sunday’s episode, “A Generation Too Late,” Jeffcoat demands that Rhoades prosecute an innocent man. As a result, Rhoades tells one of his colleagues: “We, the Maquisards, will mount the resistance. We will not let this son of a bitch define justice for the SDNY.”
Jeffcoat tells Rhoades to prosecute José Lugo, a convicted felon who killed a federal prison guard. However, after looking into the case, Rhoades discovers that while being held on drug charges, a federal guard attacked Lugo and left him with “orbital ridge fracture, teeth, internal bleeding, [and] splintered wood in the rectum.” Twenty-five prisoners backed up the statement and the other prison guards refused to go on record. “José Lugo is the kind of person we are here to protect,” another one of Rhoades’ colleagues states.
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Darn, I liked that show!
Season 1 and 2 of homeland was shot in the NC town I live in.
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